CultureClassic Veracruz
Titles
- Avian Hacha
Date700–900
PlaceVeracruz, Mexico
MediumStone
Dimensions7 1/2 × 4 1/2 × 5 in. (19.1 × 11.4 × 12.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Frank Carroll
Object number2018.418
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
205M Wiess Gallery
On view
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Department
Art of the Indigenous AmericasObject Type
[1] Invoice dated 11/1/1967.
[2] André Emmerich, "Gods and Men in Pre-Columbian Art: A Special Exhibition, October 6 through November 25, 1967" (New York: André Emmerich Inc., 1967), Fig. 54.
[3] Invoice dated 1/10/1979.
Exhibition History"Gods and Men in Pre-Columbian Art," André Emmerich Gallery, New York, October 6–November 25, 1967.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
N/A
There are two collection stickers on the bottom. One is "V-23.." with the end torn away. It is likely that this is the André Emmerich sticker. Emmerich numbered the object as "V-233" according to the invoice from when he sold it in 1967. The other sticker is "MX 33," an unknown collection number.
Cataloguing data may change with further research.
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Jan Weenix
c. 1675
Oil on canvas
2001.82
Unknown Central and South American
300 BC–300 AD
Earthenware with slip
61.12
